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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4230 

To authorize the establishment of the Stonewall National Historic Site in 

the State of New York as a unit of the National Park System, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2015 

Mr. NADLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the establishment of the Stonewall National 

Historic Site in the State of New York as a unit of 

the National Park System, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stonewall National 

5 Historic Site Establishment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the Stonewall National Historic Landmark 

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1 rates the site of the citizen uprising of June 28–July 

2 3, 1969, that inspired the modern Lesbian, Gay, Bi3 sexual, and Transgender (LGBT) civil rights move4 ment in America; 

5 (2) the Stonewall uprising became the major 

6 catalyst for change in the self-awareness of the 

7 LGBT community, as well as in the perception and 

8 acceptance of LGBT individuals within the United 

9 States, and now represents to the Nation and the 

10 world the struggle for LGBT civil rights; and 

11 (3) the Stonewall National Historic Landmark, 

12 within the Greenwich Village Historic District, con13 sists of the former Stonewall Inn at 51–53 Chris14 topher Street, that was raided by police on June 28, 

15 1969, as well as Christopher Park, Christopher 

16 Street, Grove Street, Gay Street, Waverly Place, 

17 Greenwich Avenue, Sixth Avenue, and West 10th 

18 Street between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue 

19 South, which are all associated with the uprising. 

20 (b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this Act are— 

21 (1) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the 

22 site of the Stonewall uprising for the benefit of 

23 present and future generations; and 

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1 wall uprising and of the ongoing struggle to achieve 

2 civil rights. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Na6 tional Historic Site’’ means the Stonewall National 

7 Historic Site in New York City, New York, author8 ized to be established as a unit of the National Park 

9 System under section 4(a) of this Act. 

10 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en11 titled ‘‘Stonewall National Historic Site, Proposed 

12 Boundary’’, numbered 668/129,921, and dated Sep13 tember 2015. 

14 (3) CITY OF NEW YORK.—The term ‘‘City’’ 

15 means the government of the City of New York in 

16 the State of New York. 

17 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

18 the Secretary of the Interior. 

19 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

20 of New York. 

21 SEC. 4. STONEWALL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. 

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

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1 tional Park System to be known as the ‘‘Stonewall 

2 National Historic Site’’. 

3 (2) CONDITIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT.—The 

4 National Historic Site shall not be established as a 

5 unit of the National Park System until the date on 

6 which the Secretary has determined that— 

7 (A) the Secretary has acquired sufficient 

8 land or an interest in land within the boundary 

9 of the National Historic Site to constitute a 

10 manageable unit, as determined by the Sec11 retary; and 

12 (B) the Secretary has entered into a writ13 ten agreement with the City, as authorized and 

14 described in subsection (c). 

15 (b) BOUNDARY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Na17 tional Historic Site shall be identical to the bound18 ary of the Stonewall National Historic Landmark, as 

19 generally depicted on the Map. 

20 (2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be 

21 available for public inspection in the appropriate of22 fices of the National Park Service, Department of 

23 the Interior. 

24 (c) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary is authorized to 

25 enter into an agreement with the City that delineates the 


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1 respective roles and responsibilities of the National Park 

2 Service and the City in the operation, maintenance, and 

3 interpretation of the National Historic Site. 

4 (d) PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.—Not later than 60 

5 days after the date on which the conditions in subsection 

6 (a)(2) are satisfied, the Secretary shall publish in the Fed7 eral Register notice of the establishment of the National 

8 Historic Site as a unit of the National Park System. 

9 (e) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is author10 ized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or ap11 propriated funds from a willing seller, or exchange— 

12 (1) lands or interests in land within the bound13 ary of the National Historic Site; and 

14 (2) lands or interests in land in the vicinity of 

15 the National Historic Site for the purpose of pro16 viding park administration and visitor service facili17 ties, as determined by the Secretary. 

18 (f) ADMINISTRATION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin20 ister the National Historic Site in accordance with 

21 this Act and with the laws generally applicable to 

22 units of the National Park System, including— 

23 (A) the National Park Service Organic Act 

24 (section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 


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1 100751(a), 100752, 100753 and 102101 of 

2 title 54, United States Code); and 

3 (B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 

4 Code. 

5 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

7 enter into cooperative agreements with the 

8 State, City, units of local government, organiza9 tions, or individuals to further the purposes of 

10 this Act. 

11 (B) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

12 (i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal 

13 share of the total cost of any activity car14 ried out under this paragraph shall not ex15 ceed 50 percent. 

16 (ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

17 SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the 

18 cost of carrying out an activity under this 

19 paragraph may be in the form of in-kind 

20 contributions or goods or services, fairly 

21 valued. 

22 (g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 

23 3 years after the date on which funds are made available 

24 to carry out this section, the Secretary, in consultation 

25 with the City, shall prepare a general management plan 


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1 for the National Historic Site in accordance with section 

2 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 

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